MPs get bePROUD prize for supporting minority rights

A group of two dozen MPs from across the political spectrum received the
2013 bePROUD prize for supporting minority rights. The prize was awarded in
recognition of their joint effort to push through legislation which would
enable gay and lesbian couples to adopt their partner’s child. The draft
legislation tabled shortly before the lower house was disbanded to open the
way for early elections late last year failed to win approval. The 2013
anti-prize went to psychologist Jeroným Klimeš for “spreading
stereotypes and homophobic statements about the gay and lesbian
community”.